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Draft:2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' javelin throw

Boys' javelin throw
at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueEstadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates18–19 July
Competitors34 from 26 nations
Winning distance78.49
Medalists
gold medal Paul Botha   South Africa
silver medal Niklas Kaul   Germany
bronze medal Vladislav Palyunin   Uzbekistan
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The boys' javelin throw at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 18-19 July. Although Hercules van Vuuren led the qualifiers with a 79.04 metres mark, his countryman Paul Botha out-threw the decathlete Niklas Kaul to win the gold medal in the final.[1]

Records

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Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best   Braian Toledo (ARG) 89.34 Mar del Plata, Argentina 6 March 2010
Championship Record   Morné Moolman (RSA) 83.16 Lille, France 9 July 2011
World Youth Leading   Niklas Kaul (GER) 83.94 Halle, Germany 17 May 2015

Results

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Qualification

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The qualifiers took place on 18 July, where a 73 metres (240 ft) standard was set to automatically advance into the finals.[2] Hercules van Vuuren led the qualifiers with a 79.04 m throw, substantially improving his old personal best of 72.70 m.[2][3][4]

Rank Group Name Nationality 1 2 3 Mark Notes
1 B Hercules van Vuuren   South Africa 79.04 79.04 Q, PB
2 B Manu Quijera   Spain 71.72 72.92 77.26 77.26 Q, PB
3 B Conor Warren   Australia 77.03 77.03 Q
4 A Niklas Kaul   Germany 72.18 71.94 76.32 76.32 Q
5 A Ronny Cedeño   Cuba 67.02 76.18 76.18 Q, PB
6 B Norman Plischke   Germany 69.36 75.31 75.31 Q, PB
7 A Mateusz Zabłocki   Poland 68.89 75.12 75.12 Q, PB
8 A Paul Botha   South Africa 71.57 74.60 74.60 Q, PB
9 B Simone Comini   Italy 69.78 74.58 74.58 Q, PB
10 A Patriks Gailums   Latvia x 74.23 74.23 Q
11 B Vladislav Palyunin   Uzbekistan 74.21 74.21 Q
12 A Lukas Moutarde   France 72.66 73.02 73.02 Q
13 B Jiří Kučera   Czech Republic 69.05 64.15 72.77 72.77
14 B Liam Christensen   United States 72.60 x x 72.60 PB
15 A Rasmus Eriksson   Sweden 68.10 69.99 63.33 69.99
16 B Cyprian Mrzygłód   Poland 68.66 69.52 x 69.52
17 A Aliaksei Katkavets   Belarus 67.10 x 68.01 68.01
18 A Mohd Hadeesh   India 61.11 66.47 67.37 67.37
19 B Sondre Høyland   Norway 67.01 63.89 58.80 67.01 PB
20 A Karel Tilga   Estonia x x 65.98 65.98
21 B Gen Naganuma   Japan 54.90 65.96 59.09 65.96 PB
22 A Furkan Sivridemir   Turkey 55.95 65.58 x 65.58 PB
23 B Joel Benítez   Venezuela 49.72 64.65 x 64.65
24 B Abhishek Drall   India 63.08 57.89 x 63.08
25 A Alexander Skorpen   Norway 62.92 x x 62.92
26 B Cemil Berke Özcan   Turkey 57.39 61.32 57.03 61.32
27 B Marek Taškár   Slovakia 57.92 60.06 57.95 60.06
28 A Ángel Alemán   Mexico 59.76 x x 59.76
29 A Nico Horn   Namibia 59.16 58.86 58.29 59.16
30 A Wang Zehui   China 57.24 x 58.71 58.71
31 B Zakhar Mishchenko   Ukraine x x 56.52 56.52
32 A Luis León   Colombia x 55.49 52.52 55.49
33 A Cameron McEntyre   Australia x x 54.00 54.00
– B Gustav Eichmüller   Sweden x x x NM

Final

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Paul Botha of South Africa won the competition with a personal best, in what has historically been "South Africa's best event" at the championships.[5] He was behind the favorite Niklas Kaul, the former decathlon winner,[6] after three attempts, but moved to the lead on his fourth throw.[7][8] Niklas Kaul's silver was especially impressive because he did it just two days after winning the youth decathlon.[9]

Manu Quijera was in position to medal early on, set to duplicate the success of fellow Spaniard Pablo Bugallo at the 2013 championships. However he was later surpassed by Vladislav Palyunin, the second-best seed due to his performance at the 2015 Asian Youth Athletics Championships, for the bronze.[10] Quijera had to settle for 4th place in a new Spanish record with the 700-gram javelin, with Palyunin winning the only Uzbek medal at the championships.[9]

van Vuuren, who led the qualifiers, only finished 5th place with 76.04 m. His qualifying mark of 79.04 m would have been enough to win the competition, but throws from qualification did not count towards the final placings.[9][11]

Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mark Notes
  Paul Botha   South Africa 68.50 78.49 x 72.38 x x 78.49 PB
  Niklas Kaul   Germany 78.05 76.09 x x 76.03 x 78.05
  Vladislav Palyunin   Uzbekistan x 70.53 69.22 76.77 x x 76.77
4 Manu Quijera   Spain 76.48 71.33 x 66.93 74.61 x 76.48
5 Hercules van Vuuren   South Africa 60.29 74.16 76.04 x 69.50 74.68 76.04
6 Lukas Moutarde   France 73.61 x x 68.10 65.50 71.65 73.61
7 Norman Plischke   Germany 67.59 71.89 65.77 x x 67.49 71.89
8 Ronny Cedeño   Cuba 60.10 61.43 71.73 x 67.71 x 71.73
9 Simone Comini   Italy 68.43 x 62.87 68.43
10 Mateusz Zabłocki   Poland 62.41 x 67.93 67.93
11 Patriks Gailums   Latvia 65.89 x 66.75 66.75
12 Conor Warren   Australia 61.02 61.80 59.40 61.80

Reactions

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Two days after the championships, Finnish U18 thrower Toni Keränen threw a 78.55-metre mark at the Youth Elite Games in Vaasa. It was noted that this was six centimetres better than the gold medal-winning throw in Cali, though Keränen did not have a chance to claim a medal because Finland did not send him to the championships.[12]

Though silver medalist Niklas Kaul would eventually switch his career focus to the decathlon, his 2015 result at the championships led many to question if Kaul would have more success switching back to the standalone javelin competition, which Kaul had not ruled out.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Timetable". World Athletics.
  2. ^ a b "SA javelin duo impress". News24. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  3. ^ ERR (2015-07-18). "Eesti odaviskaja piirdus noorte MM-il eelvõistlusega". Eesti Rahvusringhääling (in Estonian). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  4. ^ "Javelin Throw (700g) Boys - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 18 July 2015.
  5. ^ Ockert de Villiers. "Botha bags SA's second gold". News24. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  6. ^ "Comini 9° nel giavellotto ai Mondiali U18". www.fidal.it. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  7. ^ "Mandela Day inspires South Africans to reach for the stars". Cape Town in Colour. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  8. ^ Nienaber, Hannes. "SA se span eindig 5de in wêreld". Netwerk24 (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  9. ^ a b c "682 Atletismo Español Agosto 2015 by atletismo español - Issuu". issuu.com (in Spanish). Atletismo Español. 2015-08-06. p. 58. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  10. ^ "9th IAAF World Youth Championships 4-день". uzathletics.uz (in Uzbek). Retrieved 2024-01-16.
  11. ^ "Javelin Throw (700g) Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 19 July 2015.
  12. ^ Avenla (2015-07-21). "Toni Keränen heitti pidemmälle kuin maailmanmestari". Yleisurheilu.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  13. ^ "Niklas Kaul". International Olympic Committee.


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